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Spring does seem to be the time for lamb and about the time that Easter rolls around is when I start thinking about it. Lamb has a stronger flavour than beef or chicken and this means that it can stand up to strong herbs like mint which I always enjoy using in savoury dishes. I had been mulling over the idea of a lamb meatball dish in a mint tomato sauce for a while and now was the time to make it. I wanted to keep the dish fairly simple so I seasoned the lamb meatballs with a few exotic Mediterranean spices including cumin, coriander and cinnamon in addition to the mint and other meatball basics. I purposely made the meatballs fairly large and I fried the meatballs in oil until golden brown on the outside and then added them to the tomato sauce to finish cooking, thereby staying nice and moist and juicy. The tomato sauce pretty simple with flavours similar to the meatballs and it is finished off with a hit of fresh mint. I garnished the meatballs with toasted almond slivers and served them on a bed of light and fluffy whole wheat couscous. Although these meatballs certainly don't need it, if you are feeling more decadent you could also garnish them with some plain yogurt and crumbled feta.

wow! amazing. I think I am drooling. :) We had this version of lamb ragu recently...http://www.twin-tables.com/2011/02/magic-meat-lamb-ragu.html...it reminded us of an amazing meal in NYC at Loconda Verde! Thanks for the recipe!

Melis and I did a lamb ragu not too long ago after being influenced by a meal we had at Loconda Verde in NYC. Check it out: http://www.twin-tables.com/2011/02/magic-meat-lamb-ragu.html Your dish looks and reads amazing as usual.

I just wanted to let you know that I made this tonight and it was one of the most delicious lamb meals I've ever had. The meatballs & sauce were bursting with flavor and I will def make again. Thanks for existing Kevin, you're awesome.

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